AN ENGLISH MAN IN NEW YORK (DAY 2) GLOW IN THE DARK

I hit up Madison Square Garden, New york. Lupe fiasco, Rihanna, Nerd, Kanye West all on the same bill, you know this is a multi-platinum line up, all of these artists are killing the charts right now.
This is kind of a big deal for me. I never thought I’d ever attend a show at the ‘Garden’ out here in NYC, let alone get the ultimate swagger status at one of the hottest shows.

Unless your part of the line-up on stage, no other DJ can get this kind of hook up.

Lupe was up first, and he really wasn’t playing.
I linked him before the show and he was in the zone, psyching himself up for his performance. He hit the stage and he went in hard!
As New York is the home of Hip-Hop and the most guliest city in the world, it is the only way to start a show. It sounds weird, but I felt proud to see him do his thing. I’ve had him on my show from the beginning, and he’s grown as an artist and to the point where he has his own roster on stage with him.

This isn’t just a gold plaque, the writing glows up in the dark, he’s the first artist in the world to get one of these.

Nerds performance was hot, and Rihanna killed it, we watched them on the plasma screens that were linked up to Kanye’s backstage area. Thats right….it’s swagger time.

This was a very surreal experience, we were chilling backstage with Kanye and his team, then Jay-z walks in the room with Beyonce.

Kanye turns up the volume, and starts playing [censored], he played 2 new [Censored] tracks, remixes, it was crazy. Kanye spat lyrics, Jay listened/examined each bar nodding to the music. It was like there was no one else in the room. It was like watching a younger and an older brother in a cipha, except these are 2 off the hottest rappers and 2 off the most influential figures in pop history.

Then Diddy stepped into the room….

Don C pours some Henny for Scarlet Johansson…

My peoples Talib Kweli and Consequence [Urgent appeal: Yo Cons please send me the shot of me and Beyoce, yours is killing me lol!] were in the house, as well as John Legend, Chris Brown, Cassie, GLC, and many more.

Yo Cons I owe you, thanks for the shot!

I read the Rolling Stone review of his first show and it got me hyped. I saw Perez Hilton talk about the LA show, and I thought ‘ok the dudes a little over excited’, but it made me more determined to hit the show.

I missed the UK shows last year because I was touring with Dizzee, talking to the promoters and security before the show, everyone said the same thing ‘Yo, this is very different compared to his previous shows’ in the same serious tone. It kinda felt like it it was gonna be a big show.

Believe the hype. This was one of the best shows i’ve ever seen. This show is up there with any of the major players like Prince or Madonna. The attention to detail is incredible.
Music from all 3 Kanye albums, is tied into 1 concept on a 90 minute set. The special effects change with the mood of each track..

each track is different from the album version on your ipod, he’s done things like extending tracks or adding/taking way elements from certain tracks.

This was the set after he performed ‘Hey Mama’. Kanye really put his soul into it. He gave an emotional and powerful performance, and when you consider the line up that performed before him, this has to be one one of the best Hip-Hop tours put together.

Take a siccy, check out the remaining dates, book a plane ticket now, your not gonna’ see anything like this in the UK.

Check out more shots of the Glow in The Dark tour here.

*[Censored] is in accordance with the official Hip-Hop Secrets act 2008.

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